7-15 Flashcards
how does the LV maintain CO in the setting of aortic regurg?
inc compliance (eccentric hypertrophy)
treatment of acute aortic dissection
- pain control
- IV BB’s
- sodium nitroprusside if SBP>120
- surg repair for asc dissection
HIV pt w/ fever, CN-VI palsy, enlarged ventricles w/o mass lesions
crypto meningoencephalitis
megaloblastic anemia w/ peripheral neuropathy
B12
lambert eaton
Abs against presynaptic voltage gated Ca2+ channels
treatment for febrile neutropenia
anti-pseudomonal
-cefepime, meropenem, pip-tazo
recurrent oral & genital aphthous ulcers, uveitis, erythema nodosum
Behcet syndrome
chagas dz is caused by?
protozoan: trypanosoma cruzi
SJS vs TEN
SJS is <10% of body surface area
umbilicus is at what dermatome?
T10
calcium disodium EDTA is treatment for what?
lead poisoning (chelation)
vax for chronic liver dz
HAB, HBV, flu, pneumo, Tdap
stroke w/ contralateral sensory loss
posterolateral thalamus
isolated intention tremor
essential tremor
treatment for essential tremor
propranolol
dullness to percussion, inc breath sounds, and inc tactile fremitus
lung consolidation
COPD therapy that prolongs survival in pts w/ sig chronic hypoxemia
long-term supplemental O2 therapy
pt w/ hypoalbuminemia might have hypo__
calcemia - 45% free Ca is bound to albumin
lab workup for SLE
ANA (sensitive) then anti-dsDNA (specific)
necrolytic migratory erythema, weight loss, diarrhea
glucagonoma (NME has painful/pruritic papules that coalesce)
treatment for ethylene glycol tox
fomepizole or ethanol (inhibits alc dehydrogenase)
high AG met acidosis w/ Ca oxalate crystals in urine
ethylene glycol ingestion
treatment that can worsen graves ophthalmopathy
radioactive iodine
tx for chronic venous insufficiency
leg elevation, exercise, compression socks
